At your service

IT was three o’clock in the afternoon and still raining. It started the moment they arrived, and Sharon watched with a heavy heart as the rain took hold and the sky darkened. Even she, queen of all pl

Stumbling over the soft sand, Rachel wished she had worn her flat sandals. Her husband Nik, hands in pockets, walked a few paces ahead. The evening sun glinted off the silver that had recently appeare

Her husband was on a life or death mission – but Jess needed him too

JANIE was furious. She wasn’t able to take any time off during the school holidays. So, at the weekend, she decided she would the children and her mother to the beach. This was partly as a thank you t

Although Jackie could understand why many people hated commuting to work, she actually quite liked it. For the past six years, she had travelled by train from her home in a small town to an office in

SANDIE was no stranger to starting afresh. In her younger days, she’d moved on from failing relationships, dingy flats and boring jobs more times than she cared to remember. She’d found it easy to acc